#503C8A#503C8A

#503C8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.125 H 292.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503C8A
RGB	rgb(80, 60, 138)
HSL	hsl(255, 39%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(255, 57%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 56.5%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.28, 28.32, -40.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.28, 49.58, 304.84°)
OKLab	oklab(41.94% 0.0466 -0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(41.94% 0.125 292)
XYZ	xyz(9.5103, 6.7719, 24.8459)
Luminance	0.0677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503C8A #768A3C

analogous

#3C4F8A #503C8A #773C8A

triadic

#503C8A #8A503C #3C8A50

tetradic

#503C8A #8A3C4F #768A3C #3C8A77

square

#503C8A #8A3C4F #768A3C #3C8A77

split-complementary

#503C8A #8A773C #4F8A3C

monochromatic

#1F1735 #37295F #503C8A #6A50B3 #8E7BC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.92

#503C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#503C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503C8A

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503C8A	1.00	8.92	2.35	8.92
#FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#154B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A4888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404D5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 60, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.125 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8572ad',
    500: '#503c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503c8a;
$custom-light: #8572ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.385,
    "s": 39.394,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41935,
    "c": 0.12469,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.06772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503C8A

secondary

#A0AF73

accent

#CF59B1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF4

border

#CBC7CE

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #503C8A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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